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with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. alabama has put itself on the front lines of the battle against illegal immigration with a tough new law. but that law is being challenged as unconstitutional. today a panel of federal judges in atlanta weighed in on the most controversial parts of the law. the law requires schools to check the immigration status of students. the judges have suspended that. the law requires legal immigrants to carry papers proving their legal status. the judges suspended that, too. but the provision that allows police to detain anyone they suspect is illegal? the court let that stand. the law took effect six weeks ago and has had swift and dramatic effects in alabama, so we asked mark strassmann to show us what it all means. reporter: liz betancourt is scared to leave the house in florence, alabama. i m illegal. i m not from here. reporter: her family moved from mexico to the u.s. when liz was an infant. she s now 19, but has never applie ....
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. alabama has put itself on the front lines of the battle against illegal immigration with a tough new law. but that law is being challenged as unconstitutional. today a panel of federal judges in atlanta weighed in on the most controversial parts of the law. the law requires schools to check the immigration status of students. the judges have suspended that. the law requires legal immigrants to carry papers proving their legal status. the judges suspended that, too. but the provision that allows police to detain anyone they suspect is illegal, the court let that stand. the law took effect six weeks ago and has had swift and dramatic effects in alabama, so we asked mark strassmann to show us what it all means. reporter: liz betancourt is scared to leave the house in florence, alabama. i m illegal. i m not from here. reporter: her family moved from mexico to the u.s. ....